Space science books

The operational pressure range is the range to which the suit can be nominally operated for manned testing. The...  Read More >>

This paper describes work accomplished to predict the service life of a flexure joint design which is a component...  Read More >>

An ad-hoc algorithm is presented for real-time adaptation of the well-known crossover pilot model and applied to...  Read More >>

The Distributed Observer Network (DON) is a data presentation tool developed by the National Aeronautics and Space...  Read More >>

Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was conducted to study the low-speed...  Read More >>

This document outlines a Modeling and Analysis Plan (MAP) to be followed by the SBKF analysts. It includes instructions...  Read More >>

The external acoustic liftoff levels predicted for NASA's future heavy lift launch vehicles are expected to be significantly...  Read More >>

Several low-cost solar sail technology demonstrator missions are under development in the United States. However,...  Read More >>

For more than a half-century, several types of altitude-compensating rocket nozzles have been proposed and analyzed,...  Read More >>

Several upgrade projects have been completed at the NASA Langley Research Center National Transonic Facility over...  Read More >>

The role of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is to enable NASA to achieve its science goals in the context...  Read More >>

Acceptance of new spacecraft structural architectures and concepts requires validated design methods to minimize...  Read More >>

This technical paper documents Kennedy Space Centers Independent Assessment team work completed on three assessments...  Read More >>

Contains summaries of potential design reference mission goals for systems to transport humans to andfrom low Earth...  Read More >>

Computational performance studies were made for NASA's widely used Computational Fluid Dynamics code OVERFLOW on...  Read More >>

Critical flight hardware typically undergoes a series of nondestructive evaluation methods to screen for defects...  Read More >>

Many spacecraft concepts under consideration by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Evolvable...  Read More >>

No abstract available Wallace, Shawn and Fikes, Lou A. Marshall Space Flight Center M16-5339  Read More >>

NASA operates high value critical equipment (HVCE) that requires trouble shooting, periodic maintenance and continued...  Read More >>

The Composite Cryotank Technology Demonstration (CCTD) project under NASA's Game Changing Development Program (GCDP)...  Read More >>

This analysis was performed to support a request to examine the trajectory of the Hermes vehicle in the novel The...  Read More >>

Multiple organizations within NASA as well as industry and academia fund and participate in research related to...  Read More >>

Two human-in-the-loop simulation experiments were conducted to investigate allocation of separation assurance functions...  Read More >>

Under Space Act Agreement 1347 between NASA and Technova Corporation, Technova designed and fabricated two carbon-epoxy...  Read More >>

The continuous growth in the demand for air transportation results in an imbalance between airspace capacity and...  Read More >>